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S.D. Codified Laws § 22-19-1.1

Kidnapping in the second degree

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case State v. Liaw (2016)

Most recently applied in State v. Liaw (April 2016)

Source: SL 2005, ch 120, § 447.

Any person who unlawfully holds or retains another person with any of the following purposes:

(1) To hold for ransom or reward, or as a shield or hostage; or

(2) To facilitate the commission of any felony or flight thereafter; or

(3) To inflict bodily injury on or to terrorize the victim or another; or

(4) To interfere with the performance of any governmental or political function; or

(5) To take or entice away a child under the age of fourteen years with intent to detain and conceal such child;

is guilty of kidnapping in the second degree. Kidnapping in the second degree is a Class 3 felony, unless the person has inflicted serious bodily injury on the victim in which case it is aggravated kidnapping in the second degree and is a Class 1 felony.

Official source: South Dakota Legislature. Reproduced from public-domain South Dakota statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.